Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Tanfield, Yorkshire

West Tanfield is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BOYNTON234.17422,053.57
BOLTON162.903867.43
STEWART142.540816.24
TODD132.359346.36
NEWSOM122.17792,307.69
KITCHING122.1779375.00
BINKS122.1779369.23
HARLAND111.9964239.65
JOHNSON111.99645.94
WARRIOR111.99644,074.07
CHANDLER111.996462.15
SMITH111.99641.41
METCALF111.996498.57
DANIEL101.814982.17
CLOSE101.8149207.90
JANSON91.63341,000.00
KAY91.633431.44
WILKINSON91.633410.70
WALKER81.45194.34
WORTHY71.2704522.39
INGRAM71.270441.62
LANCASTER71.270451.13
HAYTON61.0889222.22
TEMPLE61.088982.99
GRANGE61.0889189.27
PYBUS61.0889365.85
CARPENTER61.088931.75
BOWMAN61.088941.70
CUTHBERT61.088975.76
TAYLOR61.08891.70
SCRUTON61.0889618.56
MORLAND61.0889387.10
SOUTHERN61.0889118.11
COOPER50.90743.73
ATKINSON50.90749.32
FORD50.90749.32
ABBOTT40.726016.46
SCAIFE40.7260163.93
WILSON40.72601.58
WESTON40.726017.80
ARMITAGE40.726028.47
TRUEMAN40.7260105.54
DODSWORTH40.7260173.91
WELLS40.72608.73
WARD40.72603.32
CARTWRIGHT40.726019.05
HAMMOND40.726012.75
KETTLEWELL30.5445177.51
MILLER30.54453.04
IMESON30.5445576.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARRIOR4,074.07111.9964
NEWSOM2,307.69122.1779
BOYNTON2,053.57234.1742
JANSON1,000.0091.6334
SCRUTON618.5661.0889
IMESON576.9230.5445
WORTHY522.3971.2704
MORLAND387.1061.0889
KITCHING375.00122.1779
BINKS369.23122.1779
PYBUS365.8561.0889
HARLAND239.65111.9964
HAYTON222.2261.0889
CLOSE207.90101.8149
EGLIN192.3110.1815
GRANGE189.2761.0889
KETTLEWELL177.5130.5445
DODSWORTH173.9140.7260
SCAIFE163.9340.7260
SOUTHERN118.1161.0889
TRUEMAN105.5440.7260
METCALF98.57111.9964
TEMPLE82.9961.0889
GLEW82.6410.1815
DANIEL82.17101.8149
SWALES77.9230.5445
CUTHBERT75.7661.0889
BOLTON67.43162.9038
CHANDLER62.15111.9964
MILBURN60.9830.5445
HAW54.9510.1815
LANCASTER51.1371.2704
BOLT50.2520.3630
TOPHAM49.6320.3630
TODD46.36132.3593
BRITTEN45.6610.1815
BOWMAN41.7061.0889
INGRAM41.6271.2704
EDEN35.7120.3630
BODDY32.7910.1815
CARPENTER31.7561.0889
KAY31.4491.6334
EARLE29.2410.1815
ARMITAGE28.4740.7260
KENDALL25.3030.5445
JAQUES24.5110.1815
SMEDLEY22.1710.1815
ADAMSON20.5830.5445
CARTWRIGHT19.0540.7260
WILTON18.8710.1815

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called WARRIOR in West Tanfield at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1.9964 in West Tanfield means that 1.9964% of the people in West Tanfield on census day were called WARRIOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WARRIOR in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called WARRIOR as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called WARRIOR here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called WARRIOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,074.07 in West Tanfield means that you are 4,074.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WARRIOR in West Tanfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Tanfield in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABBOTT (4)  ADAMSON (3)  ALMACK (10)  ARMITAGE (4)  ASCOUGH (5)  ATKINSON (5)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BARNES (2)  BELL (1)  BENDELOWE (4)  BINDELOWE (1)  BINKS (12)  BODDY (1)  BOGGIT (1)  BOLT (2)  BOLTON (16)  BOWMAN (6)  BOYNTON (23)  BRITTEN (1)  CARPENTER (6)  CARTER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHANDLER (11)  CLOSE (10)  COLDBECK (4)  COLEMAN (2)  COOPER (5)  CROFT (1)  CUTHBERT (6)  DANIEL (10)  DAWSON (1)  DODSWORTH (4)  EARLE (1)  EDEN (2)  EGLIN (1)  FORD (5)  FRANCIS (1)  GATENBY (1)  GLEW (1)  GLUE (GLEW) (8)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANGE (6)  GRAINGER (1)  GREENBANK (1)  GREENSITT (7)  GREENSIT (8)  HAMMOND (4)  HARKER (1)  HARLAND (11)  HART (1)  HAW (1)  HAWXWELL (1)  HAYTON (6)  HESLINGTON (4)  HEWISON (8)  HIBBET (2)  HORNE (1)  IMESON (3)  INGRAM (7)  JAQUES (1)  JACKSON (2)  JANSON (9)  JESSOP (1)  JOHNSON (11)  KAY (9)  KENDALL (3)  KETTLEWELL (3)  KITCHING (12)  KNOWLES (3)  LANCASTER (7)  LAW (1)  LEAROYD (1)  MASON (2)  DONALL (1)  METCALF (11)  MILBURN (3)  MILLER (3)  MORLAND (6)  NEWSOM (12)  NICHOLSON (1)  PACTON (6)  PALLISER (3)  PARKER (1)  PARNABY (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (1)  PRATT (2)  PYBUS (6)  QUIN (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDER (1)  RYDER (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  ROSE (2)  SADLER (2)  SCAIFE (4)  SCRUTON (6)  SINGLETON (1)  SLATER (1)  SMEDLEY (1)  SMITH (11)  SOUTHERN (6)  SPENCELEY (1)  STAINHORPE (2)  STEER (1)  STEWART (14)  SWALES (3)  TAYLOR (6)  TEMPLE (6)  THOMPSON (3)  THORPE (1)  TODD (13)  TOPHAM (2)  TRUEMAN (4)  YEWDALL (7)  VAYRO (1)  WALKER (8)  WARD (4)  WARRIOR (11)  WELLS (4)  WEBSTER (3)  WESTON (4)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (4)  WILTON (1)  WINTERSGILL (1)  WOOD (3)  WORTHY (7)  WRIGHT (2)